Category Archives: Linux

Docky – Dock Bar For Linux

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Aqeel

After searching for a long time for a good, beautiful, easy to configure dock for Linux that can also work without compositing effects, I had finally given up, when I found out that Gnome-Do, my favorite application launcher, is going … Continue reading →

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Edit File in OpenOffice.org

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Aqeel

One of the great thing about Office software is, no matter how much you know about it, you can almost always find a feature you never knew existed. I am using OpenOffice.org for a very long time now (more than … Continue reading →

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Piwik + Adobe AIR = Open Source Desktop Web Analytics

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Aqeel

My favourite web analytics software Piwik just got desktop integration. For those who haven’t heard of Piwik before, it’s open source web analytics software which you can host on your own server. It is still in beta, but I am … Continue reading →

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TweetDeck – Reducing Twitter Information Overload

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Aqeel

Yesterday I found out about new Adobe AIR Twitter client, TweetDeck, finally an application that makes it possible to cope up with information overload on twitter. TweetDeck has multi-column view, it’s first column display all latest tweets (like “home” on … Continue reading →

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Urban Terror – First Person Shooter

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Aqeel

Since I have switched completely to linux, I am always on the look out for native linux games. A genre that is very easily available on linux is First Person Shooters. There are many good quality multiplayer FPS games available … Continue reading →

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Atheros AR5007EG on Linux

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Aqeel

Update 2008-09-26: Fixed the link to madwifi package. In my previous post about Sony Vaio’s hardware compatibility with Linux, I linked to ubuntuforums for a howto of installing Atheros AR5007EG wireless driver. Apparently it is not available any longer, so, … Continue reading →

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Linux File System – Part 2

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Aqeel

Let’s continue where I left my previous post on Linux file system, with information on different file systems commonly present in most distributions and small comparison between them. ext2: ext2 (or second extended file system) is the oldest file system … Continue reading →

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Linux File Systems

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Aqeel

File system is a system to store and access the files (and directories) on any computer. Usually users don’t have to worry about which file system they are using, operating systems take care of it all. Though knowing their strength … Continue reading →

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Linux on Acer Aspire 5720

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Aqeel

Due to some personal problems, I had to swap my notebook (Sony VAIO) with my brother’s (Acer Aspire 5720, also known as TravelMate 5720), for a month. So, like any honorable linux geek, I didn’t waste any time and installed … Continue reading →

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Linux on Sony Vaio VGN-NR220E

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Aqeel

I recently did a fresh install of Kubuntu 8.04 (hardy) on my Sony Vaio (VGN-NR220E), this is a list of notebook hardware that does or doesn’t work with linux. It is mostly based on my experience with kubuntu 8.04, but … Continue reading →

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